Universities are meant to pass the torch of civilization.Harold Abelson

Harold Abelson Quotes

Anything which uses science as part of its name isn't: political science, creation science, computer science. Harold Abelson

If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders.Harold Abelson

In the Middle Ages people built cathedrals, where the whole town would get together and make a thing that's greater than any individual person could do and the society would kind of revel in that. We don't do that as much anymore, but in a sense this is kind of like building a cathedral. Harold Abelson

Giving it away helps defuse complex intellectual property issues of ownership and control that can distract the universities from their missions to disseminate knowledge.Harold Abelson

It is not that there is some magic technology. It is what are you going to do with it?" Harold Abelson

What’s important is not just to develop the technology; it’s to develop the processes.Harold Abelson